Network Overview

The increase  of the olive production and productivity, improvement of the olive products quality and the development of innovative marketing techniques for the promotion of olive products sales, remain major problems among others, that need to be solved through R&D and require urgent attention. There is a need for establishing a regional network for olive in AARINENA countries and a need for reactivation and revitalization of ESCORENA olive network to disseminate the latest information on R&D results to Mediterranean olive producing countries.

 The regional network will be comprised initially of olive producing countries in the WANA region and to establish strong linkage with ESCORENA.

The international and regional organizations which have interest in promoting olive production as well as donor countries and the private sector, including all stakeholders in the olive chain from cultivation to processing and marketing, may also join the network as members.

The network will be established as a partnership among all the different bodies and stakeholders in each of the participating member countries that are involved in any manner trough out the overall olive chain, starting from cultivation and production to processing, marketing, and research and funding support and include : NGOs, Private Sector, Research Institutions and universities as well as other national and international supporting organizations.